The Glossy Years
Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs

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Coleridge is a witty writer . . . reading this book is like sitting next to a sharp but generous-hearted raconteur at dinner Mail on Sunday

Has bounding vitality, glorious zest and and an uplifting generosity of spirit. It is always playful, sometimes hilarious - but above all it is wise Richard Davenport-Hines, Literary Review

In these dark days of everlasting Brexit, Nicholas Coleridge's sparkling memoir is a welcome reminder that all is not gloom and doom. Witty, nimble and engaging, it is wonderfully entertaining and a marvellous slice of social history Jane Ridley, Spectator

A deliciously moreish memoir of the author's glittering career in magazine publishing. Like having a really good gossip over a glass of fizz with Evelyn Waugh. Allison Pearson, Sunday Telegraph

Tittle-tattle, tiffs and titanic egos, this book has them all. A hugely entertaining read by the ultimate insider A Sunday Times best memoir of 2019

Forthright, witty and gossipy . . . a passion for glossy magazines shines through this effervescent memoir Sunday Express

A Waugh-like whirlwind of eccentric characters, lavish parties and even a spell in a Sri Lankan jail. It was funny enough to excuse all the name-dropping Evening Standard, Books of the Year

I truly think this is a brilliant book. laughed almost continuously Charles Moore, The Spectator

Beady and slyly funny, my favourite bit concerns punctuation in the late Betty Kenward's society column. It's that kind of book India Knight, Sunday Times

Gloriously funny, affectionate and well-written, his ear for how other people speak is mischievously spot-on and his optimism is infectious Daily Mail, Memoirs of the Year